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Construction Project of the 225 KV Guinea-Mali Electric Interconnection Line (PIEGM)

Wednesday, August 19, 2020 to Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Construction Project of the 225 KV Guinea-Mali Electric Interconnection Line (PIEGM)

As part of the control and supervision mission of the construction project for the 225 kV Guinea-Mali power interconnection line and related substations, the Governments of Guinea and Mali have obtained funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the ECOWAS Investment and Development Bank (EBID), the West African Development Bank (BOAD), the World Bank (WB) and the European Union (EU) for the realization of the PIEGM works which includes:

  1. The construction of a 225 kV double-circuit line approximately 714 km long (from the Sanakoroba substation in Mali to the N’Zérékoré substation in Guinea);
  2. The extension of the 225/33 kV source substation at Sanankoroba located approximately 25 km from Bamako;
  3. Construction of the new 225/30 kV source substations in Siguiri, Fomi, Kankan, Kérouané and Beyla in Guinea; and
  4. The extension of the 225/30 kV source substation at N’Zérékoré in Guinea.

This project is expected to increase the availability of electricity in the two (2) countries and strengthen the establishment of the regional electricity market in West Africa.

The construction allotment of the Guinea-Mali double-circuit 225 kV electrical interconnection line and substations is as follows:

Post tender documents (DAO)

Construction of 225/30 kV substations:

Lot 1: Sanankoroba and Siguiri - funding from the World Bank (WB)

Lot 2: Fomi -financing African Development Bank (AfDB);

Lot 3: Kankan - World Bank financing (WB);

Lot 4: Kérouané - World Bank financing (WB); and

Lot 5: Beyla and Nzérékoré - European Investment Bank (EIB) financing.

Line tender documents (DAO)

Construction of double-circuit 225 kV lines:

Lot 1: Sanankoroba - Guinean-Malian border section (125.6 km) - African Development Bank (AfDB) / West African Development Bank (BOAD) financing;

Lot 2: Guinean-Malian - Siguiri border section (53.7 km) - World Bank (WB) financing;

Lot 3: Siguiri - Fomi section (135.5 km) - ECOWAS Development and Investment Bank (EBID) financing;

Lot 4: Fomi - Kankan section (43.3 km) - African Development Bank (AfDB) financing;

Lot 5: Kankan - Kérouané sections (144.3 km); Kérouané - Beyla (85.2 km) and Beyla - Nzérékoré (126.0 km) - European Investment Bank (EIB) financing.

Click on the links below to download the respective Terms of References;

Construction Project of the 225 KV Guinea-Mali Electric Interconnection Line (PIEGM)